Marty Lyons
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| Position: | Defensive Tackle | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | January 15, 1957 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Takoma Park, Maryland | ||||||||
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| High school: | St. Petersburg (FL) Catholic | ||||||||
| College: | Alabama | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14 | ||||||||
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| Sacks: | 29 |
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| Games: | 147 |
| Safeties: | 2 |
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Martin Anthony Lyons (born January 15, 1957) is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League for eleven seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. Lyons played college football for the University of Alabama, and earned All-American honors. Selected in the first round of the 1979 NFL Draft, he played his entire professional career for the NFL's New York Jets. He was a member of the Jets' famed "New York Sack Exchange," the team's dominant front four in 1981 and 1982 that also featured Mark Gastineau, Abdul Salaam and Joe Klecko.
Lyons grew up in Pinellas Park, Florida and attended St. Petersburg Catholic High School.
Lyons attended the University of Alabama, where he played for coach Bear Bryant's Alabama Crimson Tide football team from 1975 to 1978. At Alabama, he had 202 tackles, 6 fumbles forced and 4 recovered. As a senior in 1978, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, and helped lead the Crimson Tide to a National Championship in 1978. He was a key player in the set of fourth quarter plays known as "The Goal Line Stand" in the 1979 Sugar Bowl. It was Lyons that delivered what would become a famous line amongst Alabama fans just before the fourth-down play of the sequence. When asked by Penn State quarterback Chuck Fusina how far the ball was from the goal line, Lyons replied, "'Bout a foot. You better pass." Alabama was 31-5 during his years as a player.
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